Horror Movie Review! Poltergeist (1982)

Hometown Ghost Stories

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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**SPOILERS** Rob, Dave and Jesse sit down and review the 1982 horror movie, Poltergeist ... shockingly... we did not agree. Strange and creepy happenings beset an average California family, the Freelings -- Steve (Craig T. Nelson), Diane (JoBeth Williams), teenaged Dana (Dominique Dunne), eight-year-old Robbie (Oliver Robins), and five-year-old Carol Ann (Heather O'Rourke) -- when ghosts commune with them through the television set. Initially friendly and playful, the spirits turn unexpectedly menacing, and, when Carol Ann goes missing, Steve and Diane turn to a parapsychologist and eventually an exorcist for help. Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Music by Jesse Wilkins and Kashar https://open.spotify.com/album/5yacgac20GQsymq2nsVmPr?si=5skhjOFyQMqGvE58rAre-Q Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome into another hometown ghost stories horror movie review.
0:24.0	This is one we've been waiting to do for quite some time.
0:28.4	I think personally it's going to be one of our most controversial episodes that we've ever done in terms of horror movie reviews.
0:36.4	But let's get some formalities out of the way.
0:38.6	I am your host, Rob Coquay, joined as always by Jesse Wilkins.
0:42.5	Hello, Robert.
0:43.5	And Dave Wilkins.
0:45.4	Hello, Robert.
0:46.5	And today we are talking about the movie Poltergeist, the original one from the 1980s, not the remake.
0:55.8	I haven't seen that one yet.
0:57.8	I've also not seen the remake, and I didn't watch it because of reasons you will learn.
1:04.8	Ah, yes.
1:05.9	Well, let's start to get into those reasons, but first, Dave. Do you have a synopsized for us?
1:13.6	Yes, I do.
1:16.2	Poltergeist, 1982 directed by Toby Hooper or Stephen Spielberg.
1:21.4	Maybe.
1:22.2	Or maybe both.
1:23.6	Who knows?
1:25.1	A young family are visited by ghosts at their home.
1:28.3	At first, the ghost appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone.
1:32.8	But then they turn nasty and start to terrorize the family before they kidnap the youngest daughter.
1:40.3	So, Poultergeist, 1982.
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